Synonyms for prosy
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : proh-zee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈproʊ zi |
Top 10 synonyms for prosy Other synonyms for the word prosy
- abused
- actual
- anemic
- apathetic
- archaic
- arid
- babbling
- banausic
- baseborn
- beige
- big yawn
- blabbermouth
- blah
- blind
- boring
- bromidic
- calm
- characterless
- chattering
- cheap
- clean
- cold
- cold-blooded
- colorless
- common
- commonplace
- crass
- dead
- déclassé
- diddly
- dim
- dime a dozen
- dismal
- drab
- dragging
- draggy
- driveling
- drudging
- dry
- dull
- dull as dishwater
- dusty
- earthy
- effusive
- emotionless
- enervating
- exhausting
- factual
- familiar
- fatiguing
- feasible
- feeble
- flap jaw
- flat
- flavorless
- gabby
- garden-variety
- glib
- gossiping
- gushing
- hack
- hackneyed
- hard-boiled
- heavy
- ho hum
- ho-hum
- hoary
- hollow
- humdrum
- impassive
- impersonal
- impure
- inane
- inferior
- innocuous
- insipid
- irksome
- jejune
- laborious
- lackluster
- lead balloon
- lethargic
- lifeless
- limp
- listless
- literal
- long-drawn-out
- long-winded
- longwinded
- loose-lipped
- loose-tongued
- loquacious
- low-grade
- lowly
- lusterless
- matte
- matter-of-fact
- mean
- middling
- mild
- monotone
- monotonous
- mortal
- motormouth
- mouthy
- mundane
- muted
- naked
- nebbish
- nondescript
- nothing
- nowhere
- objective
- oft-repeated
- ordinary
- out-of-date
- pabulum
- passable
- passive
- pedestrian
- philistine
- phlegmatic
- plain
- platitudinous
- plebeian
- plodding
- pointless
- poky
- poor
- practicable
- practical
- pragmatic
- prating
- prattling
- prolix
- prosaic
- prose
- prosy
- raffish
- repetitious
- repetitive
- routine
- run-of-the-mill
- running on at the mouth
- sapless
- second-class
- second-rate
- serious
- shoddy
- sleazy
- slight
- slothful
- slow
- sluggish
- snooze
- sober
- soft
- soporific
- spent
- spiritless
- square
- stale
- static
- stiff
- stock
- stodgy
- stoic
- stolid
- stupid
- subdued
- tame
- tasteless
- tedious
- tenuous
- thin
- tired
- tiresome
- tiring
- toneless
- torpid
- treadmill
- trite
- unaffected
- undistinguished
- unenjoyable
- unentertaining
- uneventful
- unexceptional
- unexciting
- unidealistic
- unimaginative
- unimpassioned
- uninspired
- uninspiring
- uninteresting
- unpalatable
- unsavory
- unseasoned
- unsentimental
- unvaried
- unvarnished
- usual
- usual thing
- vanilla
- vapid
- verbose
- voluble
- vulgar
- watery
- weak
- weariful
- wearisome
- white-bread
- whitebread
- wind-bag
- windy
- wishy-washy
- wooden
- wordy
- workaday
- worn-out
- yakkity
- yakky
- yawn
- zero
Définition of prosy
Origin :- 1814 (Jane Austen), from prose + -y (2). Related: Prosiness.
- As in insipid : adj dull, uninteresting
- As in lifeless : adj dull, spiritless
- As in matter-of-fact : adj realistic, unembellished
- As in prosaic : adj unimaginative
- As in tedious : adj dull, monotonous
- As in uninteresting : adj boring, uneventful
- As in earthbound : adj dull
- As in common : adj low, coarse
- As in dull : adj boring, uninteresting
- As in flat : adj dull, lackluster to the senses
- As in garrulous : adj talkative
- As in humdrum : adj boring, uneventful
- In all probability, too, Hans was then about two years old, and "Prosy" a year or two older.
- Extract from : « Holbein » by Beatrice Fortescue
- Fancy Prosy being in love with anybody, or anybody being in love with Prosy!
- Extract from : « Somehow Good » by William de Morgan
- Prosy showed tact—I must say that for Prosy—distinctly tact.
- Extract from : « Somehow Good » by William de Morgan
- She would get Prosy by himself, and make him tell her all about it.
- Extract from : « Somehow Good » by William de Morgan
- Sally was reserved about details, but clear about the outcome of her expedition with Prosy.
- Extract from : « Somehow Good » by William de Morgan
- No, Prosy dear, I shall call you Prosy, whatever the consequences may be.
- Extract from : « Somehow Good » by William de Morgan
- She got implicated in the friend's last dying splash, while Prosy got nearly scot-free.
- Extract from : « Somehow Good » by William de Morgan
- Sir Dioscorides Gayler's a cousin of his, you know, and would pass on his practice to Prosy on easy terms.
- Extract from : « Somehow Good » by William de Morgan
- The girls call her”—she seemed moved to mirth by the recollection—“Miss Prim and Prosy.
- Extract from : « The House of a Thousand Candles » by Meredith Nicholson
- Prosy people were always coming in with requests or complaints, usually the latter.
- Extract from : « Queed » by Henry Sydnor Harrison
Antonyms for prosy
- abnormal
- active
- alert
- alive
- animate
- appetizing
- aristocratic
- bright
- broken
- bubbly
- busy
- clear
- creative
- cultured
- delicious
- different
- easy
- effervescent
- elevated
- emotional
- energetic
- entertaining
- eventful
- excellent
- exceptional
- excited
- exciting
- exhilarating
- extraordinary
- facile
- happy
- high
- imaginative
- indefinite
- infrequent
- intelligent
- interesting
- keen
- knifelike
- light
- lively
- living
- luminous
- lustrous
- mum
- nice
- noble
- noteworthy
- original
- pleasant
- pleasing
- pointed
- quick
- quiet
- raised
- rare
- refined
- reserved
- rich
- rough
- rounded
- rugged
- scarce
- sensitive
- serrated
- sharp
- silent
- smart
- sophisticated
- spirited
- still
- superior
- tasty
- thinking
- uncommon
- uneven
- unreasonable
- untalkative
- unusual
- valuable
- vivacious
- wealthy
- witty
- yummy
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